Thanks for the call out Slew. I am the proud wearer of 20, give or take a few, Despos creations with several more being made up. I have given up posting photos of my clothing (and shoes) as the line between honest, well-informed critique and rancorous bile has been forever blurred on SF. I do, however, think the world of Chris and consider him a friend who also happens to be my tailor. I am indeed lucky on both accounts.

I'm jealous. And I agree with every word you posted, except for, "forever" (emphasis added above). There is progress, and there is decline. You would benefit many by working for progress. (I say this to dopey and RJman if you're listening too!)

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Originally Posted by bengal-stripe

And I have the feeling, some of the threads here on SF resemble “Lord of the Flies” island.

I agree, and it is sad. But is it really new? When I first discovered internet forums a few years ago, I thought Ask Andy was middle of the road, the London Lounge flew the highest, and Style Forum had the widest range. It was also like the Wild West. Iow, three years ago, SF was already full of some pretty rude and crude characters. But there were also a lot of very kind, knowledgeable people, and they tended to win the battles, with the help of some supporters who wielded a bit of rudeness and crudeness in their favor. What has really happened imo, is that people like the three above, and A Harris, Manton, iammatt, etc., have left (for the most part). In sum, if the tone of SF has really changed, I don't credit this to the presence of new jerks, so much as to the absence of the old paragons.

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Originally Posted by Mark from Plano

This suit was made for me by a Mystery Bespoke Chicago/Dallas Tailor (or MBC/DT, for short). I will not be revealing his name, however as I don't think that such things are appropriate on such a public website. It is my only MBC/DT creation to this point although I hope to commission many other things in the future. Let me also weigh in on the fact that Despos (who may, or may not have any relationship to the MBC/DT) is a GMF.

Excellent. Thank you so much for posting it.

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Originally Posted by Bull

The severe lack of Despos pics out there indicates that Despos' clientele is way too busy running the world to fuck around posting pics of their new patch pocket 3Bs in a totally kewl bolt of cloth from the Unfunded Liabilities thread.

Would it be possible and proper to post pics of these people? Iow, do we know who they are and would they/Chris mind?

What's not to like about the manly language of war and love? Beats Lacan. - B

I've been out all day and I'm slightly pissed on Jameson's, so, Yeats seems appropriate. Expect my posts to be more lucid than normal. I apologise for this in advance. Lacan? He makes Derrida read like Dr Seuss.

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: a waste of desert sand;
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Wind shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

^ Could you explain? Those are some big pants. Very nice. Thanks for finding this. Imo, shirt sleeves look a little long. I'm jealous. And I agree with every word you posted, except for, "forever" (emphasis added above). There is progress, and there is decline. You would benefit many by working for progress. (I say this to dopey and RJman if you're listening too!) I agree, and it is sad. But is it really new? When I first discovered internet forums a few years ago, I thought Ask Andy was middle of the road, the London Lounge flew the highest, and Style Forum had the widest range. It was also like the Wild West. Iow, three years ago, SF was already full of some pretty rude and crude characters. But there were also a lot of very kind, knowledgeable people, and they tended to win the battles, with the help of some supporters who wielded a bit of rudeness and crudeness in their favor. What has really happened imo, is that people like the three above, and A Harris, Manton, iammatt, etc., have left (for the most part). In sum, if the tone of SF has really changed, I don't credit this to the presence of new jerks, so much as to the absence of the old paragons. Excellent. Thank you so much for posting it. Would it be possible and proper to post pics of these people? Iow, do we know who they are and would they/Chris mind? Can you lead us to them?

... Surely some revelation is at hand; Surely the Second Coming is at hand...

Teresa of Avila (1515–1582) Christ Has No BodyChrist has no body but your body, No hands, no feet on earth but yours, Yours are the eyes with which he looks compassion on this world, Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good, Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world. Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, Yours are the eyes, you are his body. Christ has no body now on earth but yours. Yes, aportnoy, RJman, dopey, Manton, iammatt, etc., she's talking to you. A Harris already knows.

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I think I understood this the first time it was posted, but I don't this time. I want to...

It's the weekend and nobody has been able to stay even remotely on topic, so let's keep the tangents interesting. Is the photo below the greatest collection of tail in the past 30 years? If you're brave enough to disagree, then explain thyself. Otherwise, sit back and respect Lagerfeld's unimpeachable pimpitude.

It's the weekend and nobody has been able to stay even remotely on topic, so let's keep the tangents interesting. Is the photo below the greatest collection of tail in the past 30 years? If you're brave enough to disagree, then explain thyself. Otherwise, sit back and respect Lagerfeld's unimpeachable pimpitude.